"Now in a place like this is that really so improbable?"
Elias winced, he'd been too harsh on him. He didn't mean to be, it was just the idea of a demon running around the shop willy-nilly. He sighed and mouthed a small sorry in the general direction of Justin and his transparent twin. "I need a strong coffee"he muttered under his breath as he glanced warily around the store.
"I really hope I don't find it first... I'm tired of looking at it." Elias was wholeheartedly behind Cat's statement. He liked ghosts, the odd demon, but fucker was something else entirely.
"We should close the exits. And windows. Possession demons aren't generally dangerous on their own, but they are tricky. We wouldn't want it escaping in to the street. Also since it's unlikely most of you are well versed in demonology concentrate your searches in darker areas. And particularly look at humanoid inanimate objects. Dolls, puppets, toys, figurines, basically anything with a face. Possession demons tend to favor those the most."
"Go for it, quickly. Get any customers out quietly" he emphasised the word quietly with a knowing glance towards the doorway to the store. Losing sales was much preferable to cleaning blood and whatever else management decided to spew off the wooden floors. Last time had really taken any enthusiasm for introducing carpets to the shop out of him. Renting a carpet cleaner every three days would put a large hole in the budget.
"Uh how I about do that. I'll gladly close the blinds and doors if I don't have to dig for the fucker. I give all of you permission to rummage through my boxes and desk. Just be... mindful. I'd rather not come back to a tangled mess. Oh, and we might want to be quick about this. It's getting late and it won't be long before management wakes up," Even in a time of great annoyance, Catherine could be depended on to throw slightly ominous threats. Elias winced as he glanced up at the clock. He didn't want to be in his shoes when the unholy boss woke up.
"Eldritch horrors need to learn to have a lie in" He muttered as he stalked off towards the back of the store, grabbing a couple of pieces of chalk off the counter as he moved "If anyone needs me I'll be attempting to send Fucker back to where he belongs" He crouched down on the wood and was just about to start drawing when Samuel brought him back to reality.
"Will someone please clarify what exactly your management is."
Elias snapped his head towards the sound with a shaky laugh. His eyes caught sight of the wispy dandelions sprouting at the feet of Samuel. He made a note to ask him about that later in the actual interview.
"Well Samuel, our management is uh... not a demon, but not exactly human, or from this dimension as far as I've worked out. We call them our Eldritch Horror, they're an enigma, all we know is they like running this shop and sometimes eating people" His words tumbled out of his mouth without much thought. He ran a hand through his hair with a sigh "Just don't get on its bad side and you should be fine" He waved a hand with a laugh to diffuse the tension. He returned to his circle, carefully drawing runes on the wooden floor.
"Justin, Jason, if you two could get Fucker into a doll or something, preferably not the haunted ones at the back of the store i could probably get rid of-" his words were interrupted by the sound of a crash. His head turned towards the back where a rack of herbs had just fallen to the floor. He let out a choked whine, oh dear.